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The sky was clear and the sun was shining
brightly before the deadly disaster of the typhoon. Bernadette Tenegra, a
44-year-old high school teacher, was in her1which
was on the bank of a river. The Tenegra family2together in their shelter to keep away
from the storm. They thought that the powerful storm would die out soon as it
had done3. So they were just hanging on there.
But things didn't happen4they
had thought. The water rose with a frightening speed and their5house
fell down, sweeping away the occupants (居住者), including Bernadette's husband and her other daughter. They were
able to struggle to6, but the 6-year-old Tenegra was7against
the strong wind and water, along with sharp and deadly debris. Bernadette made
her way to the child, held her and kept8her
to keep on.
"I crawled (爬) over to her, and I
tried to pull her up. But she was too9and
wasn't able to make it. It seemed she had already10,"
Bernadette said, crying. "I screamed but it didn't work.
The mother said11that
she would never forget the last words of her daughter before12,
"Ma, just let go, just let go. Save13.
I love you forever."
"Yolanda",
the super typhoon destroyed a great number of houses and buildings. The
6-year-old Tenegra14her lie. She had just seen a small part
of this wonderful world15that short lifetime, while the whole
world witnessed all the beauty of her.
